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The Grand Strategy of the Roman EmpireFrom the First Century CE to the Third
revised and updated edition
Edward N. Luttwak
“Lucidly and vigorously written. It is a long time since I have read so important a contribution to Roman history.” — Times Literary Supplement
2016 296 pp.10 line drawings, 15 maps978-1-4214-1945-9 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Rome
Patients and Healers in the High Roman EmpireIdo Israelowich
“An original, innovative, and provocative history of ancient medicine in the High Roman Empire from the patient’s point of view.” — Manfred Horstmanshoff, Leiden University
2015 208 pp., 3 halftones978-1-4214-1628-1 $59.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Rome’s Christian EmpressGalla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire
Joyce E. Salisbury
The page-turning account of Galla Placidia, a remarkable ruler at the twilight of the Roman Empire.
2015 248 pp. 11 halftones, 1 line drawing, 7 maps978-1-4214-1700-4 $34.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Maternal MegalomaniaJulia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood
Julie Langford
“Provocative and original . . . Langford’s conclusions are daring and . . . mark out significant new territory in the study of the political culture of the High Empire.” — Bryn Mawr Classical Review
2013 232 pp., 30 b&w illus.978-1-4214-0847-7 $58.00 hc Also available as an e-book
The Day Commodus Killed a RhinoUnderstanding the Roman Games
Jerry Toner
“Toner’s excellent new book provides the historical context for Ridley Scott’s emperor-gladiator.” — History Today
Witness to Ancient History, Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor
2014 144 pp. 6 halftones, 2 line drawings978-1-4214-1586-4 $19.95 pb Also available as an e-book
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The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic TraditionJay Fisher
“A fascinating study of the language of the first hexametric epic in Rome
. . . I enjoyed and learned much in reading this fine monograph.” — Bryn Mawr Classical Review
2014 224 pp.978-1-4214-1129-3 $69.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Roman Literary CultureFrom Plautus to Macrobius
second edition
Elaine Fantham
“An important work, full of learning, which serves si-multaneously to deepen our appreciation of Latin literature in its social context, to provoke further exploration of the ques-tions the author raises, and to continue debate concerning certain of the answers.”
— New England Classical Journal
2013 368 pp., 1 b&w illus.978-1-4214-0836-1 $33.00 pb Also available as an e-book
Chariot Racing in the Roman EmpireFik Meijer
translated by Liz Waters
“Readers will find an excellent overview of our knowledge of ancient Roman chariot racing in this fairly short and readable book.” — Bryn Mawr Classical Review
2010 208 pp. 19 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 maps978-0-8018-9697-2 $32.00 hc
RomeA Living Portrait of an Ancient City
Stephen L. Dyson
“This exploration of Rome and what happened there seeks not only to examine the physi-cal and structural evolution of the city from earliest times until the early Christian era, but also to explore its social and cultural history.” — Oxbow Book News
2010 488 pp.28 halftones, 16 line drawings978-0-8018-9254-7 $38.00 pb Also available as an e-book
The Latin Inscriptions of RomeA Walking Guide
Tyler Lansford
“If this book is not slipped into many a Rome-bound suitcase, there is no justice in the world. I can think of few more enjoyable companions on a prowl through the city.” — Times Literary Supplement
2009 600 pp., 15 b&w illus., 1 line drawing, 16 maps978-0-8018-9150-2 $32.95 pb Also available as an e-book
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Athens BurningThe Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica
Robert Garland
The gripping story of how the Athenians survived the Persian invasion of their homeland — one of the central events in ancient Greek history.
Witness to Ancient History, Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor
2017 184 pp., 8 halftones, 6 maps978-1-4214-2196-4 $19.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Children and Childhood in Classical Athenssecond edition
Mark Golden
“A superb book, an important substantive and methodological contribution to the social history of ancient Athens and a model for comparable studies.” — American Historical Review
2015 272 pp., 17 halftones978-1-4214-1686-1 $24.95 pb Also available as an e-book
The Battle of ArginusaeVictory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War
Debra Hamel
“A captivating account of the battle of Arginusae. A gripping read.” — Lawrence A. Tritle, author of A New History of the Peloponnesian War
Witness to Ancient History, Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor
2015 152 pp.4 halftones, 4 line drawings, 4 maps978-1-4214-1681-6 $19.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Approaches to Greek Mythsecond edition
edited by Lowell Edmunds
“Well organized, edited, and arranged, this text is of unquestioned value to all teachers of mythology, to the advanced student of the classics, and to the research scholar, a welcome resource volume.”— Classical World
2014 480 pp. 2 line drawings, 3 maps, 10 plates978-1-4214-1419-5 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Voices at WorkWomen, Performance, and Labor in Ancient Greece
Andromache Karanika
“Drawing from a wealth of ancient and comparative sources, and harnessing a range of theoretical approaches, Karanika offers a landmark study of female labour and Greek poetics.” — Times Higher Education
2014 320 pp., 6 b&w photos978-1-4214-1255-9 $59.95 hc Also available as an e-book
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Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body ArmorUnraveling the Linothorax Mystery
Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott Bartell, and Alicia Aldrete
“Essential for anyone inter-ested in ancient warfare and/or experimental archaeology, from academic to layman . . . a defining and valuable con-tribution to our understanding of the ancient world.” — Bryn Mawr Classical Review
2013 304 pp., 21 b&w illus., 16 line drawings, 8 color plates978-1-4214-0819-4 $32.95 hc Also available as an e-book
The Poetics of ConsentCollective Decision Making and the Iliad
David F. Elmer
“The book is exemplary in approaching large poetic and cultural issues through details of language and patterns of formulaic usage.” — American Journal of Philology
2012 336 pp.978-1-4214-0826-2 $58.00 hc Also available as an e-book
Reading HerodotusA Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History
Debra Hamel
“Provides an accessible introduction both to Herodotus and to an exciting period of Greek history, which culminates in the Persian Wars.” — Timothy E. Duff, University of Reading
2012 360 pp. 5 halftones, 9 line drawings978-1-4214-0656-5 $32.95 pb Also available as an e-book
The Lives of the Greek Poetssecond edition
Mary R. Lefkowitz
“A major book which aims at demolishing the underpinnings of much that has passed for Greek literary criticism . . . its proper application to classical studies will have a very positive effect.” — American Journal of Philology
2012 240 pp.978-1-4214-0464-6 $28.00 pb
The Birth of ComedyTexts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486 –280
edited by Jeffrey Rusten
translated by Jeffrey Henderson, David Konstan, Ralph Rosen, Jeffrey Rusten, and Niall W. Slater
“A singularly ambitious and very welcome work.” — Times Literary Supplement
2011 816 pp. 42 halftones, 1 line drawing978-1-4214-2118-6 $49.95 pb Also available as an e-book
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The Other Four Plays of SophoclesAjax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes
Sophocles
translated by David R. Slavitt
Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles.
2013 272 pp.978-1-4214-1137-8 $22.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Translations from Antiquity
Cut These Words into My StoneAncient Greek Epitaphs
translated by Michael Wolfe
foreword by Richard P. Martin
“As you turn the pages of this modest-seeming book you begin to succumb to magic.” — The Anglo-Hellenic Review
2012 208 pp.978-1-4214-0804-0 $27.95 pb Also available as an e-book
The Orphic Hymnstranslation, introduction, and notes by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow
The only English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns.
2013 280 pp.978-1-4214-0882-8 $29.95 pb Also available as an e-book
The IliadHomer
translated by Edward McCroriewith an introduction and notes by Erwin F. Cook
Edward McCrorie offers a new verse translation of the Iliad, capturing the meaning and music of Homer’s original Greek.
Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity
2012 552 pp., 1 line drawing978-1-4214-0642-8 $28.00 pb Also available as an e-book
The OdysseyHomer
translated by Edward McCrorie with an introduction and notes by Richard P. Martin
“[As] close to the original as is possible without reading the original Greek. It is refreshing, accurate, and direct.” — Bloomsbury Review
Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity
2004 472 pp.978-0-8018-8267-8 $24.00 pb Also available as an e-book
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The Ancient World
Women’s Life in Greece and RomeA Source Book in Translation
fourth edition
Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant
The essential collection of source materials on the lives of women in the ancient world.
2016 496 pp., 40 b&w illus.978-1-4214-2113-1 $32.00 pb
Women and War in Antiquityedited by Jacqueline Fabre-Serris and Alison Keith
Women in ancient Greece and Rome played a much more active role in battle than previously assumed.
2015 360 pp., 13 halftones978-1-4214-1762-2 $55.00 hc Also available as an e-book
The Mediterranean WorldFrom the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Napoleon
Monique O’Connell and Eric R Dursteler
“A magisterial book.” — Scott K. Taylor, University of Kentucky
2016 352 pp., 25 color illus., 68 halftones, 8 maps978-1-4214-1901-5 $34.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Cults and ConspiraciesA Literary History
Theodore Ziolkowski
“Ziolkowski has read everything, taking even a 3,000-page German novel in his stride, and summarizes and analyses his material fascinatingly for lesser mortals.” — Times Literary Supplement
2016 248 pp.978-1-4214-2243-5 $24.95 pb Also available as an e-book
Comic DemocraciesFrom Ancient Athens to the American Republic
Angus Fletcher
The forgotten history of comedy’s contribution to world democracy.
2016 224 pp.978-1-4214-1934-3 $49.95 hc Also available as an e-book
Therapoetics after ActiumNarrative, Medicine, and Authority in Augustan Epic
Julia Nelson Hawkins
A sophisticated account of the relationship between poetry and medical knowledge in the ancient world.
2015 352 pp., 2 halftones978-1-4214-1730-1 $59.95 hc Also available as an e-book
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